How to Apply

Each year, the Robert
Bosch Stiftung issues three Film Prizes for international cooperation between young
German and Arab filmmakers to realize a joint film project. The prizes, each worth
up to 60,000 euros, are awarded in the following: categories short animated film,
short fiction film, and short or feature length documentary.

Eligible for the Film
Prize are mixed teams of German and Arab filmmakers who are in the beginning of
their film career. Furthermore, the film should be produced in both partnering countries,
stressing in particular the aspect of intercultural exchange.

To facilitate
the team-finding process, Arab directors will be invited to the Project Market
Amman to meet German producers.

The Project Market Amman

From
April 20 to 25, 2018 the
Project
Market Amman, introducing the Film Prize of the
Robert Bosch Stiftung, will take place in Amman, Jordan in cooperation with the Royal
Film Commission – Jordan (RFC).

Up to twenty
young directors from the member-countries of the Arab League are invited to participate
in the Project Market Amman to meet with
up to fifteen German producers. The Robert Bosch Stiftung will cover all costs of
travel, accommodation and catering.

Over five days a diverse
program will offer filmmakers from the Arab world and Germany various occasions
to get to know each other, to introduce each other’s work, to talk in detail about
the directors’ project and to exchange knowledge and experiences. Joint events and
excursions will help intensify the newly acquainted contacts.

The meetings between
directors and producers do not necessarily have to result in a partnership but will
contribute to gain experience of an international co-production market and extend
the network. In case a team is formed, the first step towards preparing for a joint
application for the following round of the Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung
is created.

Who can participate in the Project Market Amman?

Arab directors (at the
beginning of their career) and students or graduates students from film and media
academies, who are nationals and citizens of any country member of the Arab League,
can apply for the Project Market Amman, if they have a project in development in
one of the four categories (short animated film, short fiction film, and short or
feature length documentary). Applicants must be able to communicate in English.

How to apply

To participate in the
Project Market Amman, filmmakers must register at the Online Project Market
www.onlineprojectmarket.de and fill
in and upload all requested data. As project information, a one-page logline and
synopsis or project description are required, as well as a link to their recent
film. A script or treatment should be available on request.

Out of all submissions,
up to twenty projects will be chosen by a selection committee consisting of members
of the RFC, experts from the Arab world and the Film Prize Team to participate in
the Project Market Amman.

Deadline of submission

Projects submitted by
March 07, 2018 at the Online Project Market will be considered as applicants for the Project Market
Amman.

Notice of selection

March 25, 2018

The communication language
of the entire Film Prize program is English. For further details on the Film Prize
please visit www.filmprize.de.